On the morning after the Preakness Stakes, the connections of Mage, National Treasure, and others were considering whether to go to the Belmont.
On a troubled Preakness day, National Treasure took advantage of a slow early pace to give jockey John Velazquez his first Middle Jewel.
Faiza, undefeated in California, will put her spotless record on the line in Friday’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico.
Trainer Bob Baffert will breeze National Treasure Friday morning prior to making a decision on whether the sophomore will run in the May 20 Preakness.
The Bob Baffert-trained Arabian Knight was plenty impressive in winning Saturday’s Southwest Stakes but did not early any Kentucky Derby points.
Arabian Knight, a flashy Keeneland debut winner in November, will try to take a step towards bigger prizes in today’s G3 Southwest Stakes.
Taiba bounced back from a narrow defeat in the Haskell to win the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby Saturday at Parx Racing.
The top two finishers in the Haskell, Cyberknife and Taiba, will renew acquaintances in Saturday’s Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby.
The undefeated Jack Christopher and super-talented Taiba will meet in Saturday’s Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, which has attracted 4 Grade 1 winners.
Nineteen horses, including two trained by back-from-suspension Bob Baffert, as well as Preakness winner Early Voting, are nominated to the Haskell.
